Many of the world’s best players are in the men’s golf field for the Olympics in Paris, with the competition taking place at Le Golf National between 1 and 4 August.
In total, eight of the world’s top 10 will compete in the Games, including two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy. Despite ongoing difficulties in accumulating world ranking points, there are still half a dozen LIV Golf stars from four nationalities in the 60-player field, too.
Here are the players from the circuit who have confirmed their places at the Games, and how they got there.
Joaquin Niemann – Chile
Joaquin Niemann makes his second appearance at the Olympics
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The Torque GC captain is having the best year of his career, with two LIV Golf wins, appearances in two Majors with The Open to come, and now a slot at the Olympics thanks to his status as the highest-ranked Chilean.
That’s been helped by some excellent performances in world ranking events, including victory at the Australian Open last December.
Many would have expected that the second Chilean from the men’s game to make the team would be Niemann’s Torque GC teammate Mito Pereira, but he has now been overtaken by Korn Ferry Tour star Cristobal Del Solar in the world rankings, who is heading to Paris instead.
Niemann also played at the 2020 Olympics, where he finished T10.
Abraham Ancer – Mexico
Abraham Ancer finished T14 at the 2020 Games in Tokyo
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Mexico is one of two countries represented solely by LIV golfers in the men’s field. Abraham Ancer was 20th in the world rankings when the qualification process began on 17 June 2022. However, since moving to LIV Golf, he has slipped to 312th, but it’s still enough for him to make the team.
This will be Ancer’s second Olympics appearance after he played in the 2020 Games in Tokyo, where he finished T14 with Viktor Hovland.
He heads into the 2024 Games during a spell of excellent form that included four top-10 finishes in the opening eight events of the LIV Golf season. One of those was his maiden LIV Golf win, in Hong Kong.
Carlos Ortiz – Mexico
Carlos Ortiz maintained a high enough world ranking to qualify
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The third Torque GC player heading to the Games is Carlos…
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